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Foundations
of Leadership: A Course for Ministry Professionals:
This college level course (may optionally be taken for undergraduate or graduate
credit) is a must for those who bear responsibility for implementing
comprehensive youth ministry as a community's part-time or full-time youth
ministry professional. Now in its sixth year, this course is offered to
help youth ministry leaders learn about the present Millennial generation,
strategies for implementing Renewing the Vision, the three non-negotiable
tasks of youth ministry leaders, and much more. We will also be discussing
implications of a new compelling book out titled Youth Ministry 3.0 by
Mark Oestricher. Classes are Thursdays,
9:30am-12:30pm from August 27-December 17. For more information check
out our homepage at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin and click on the Foundations link.
Cast
Your Nets 2009: The OYYAM, Vocations Office and
regional youth ministry associations are collaborating on an exciting series of youth
events called Cast Your Nets. It is an evening of Sunday Eucharist,
praise and worship, a keynote presentation, snacks and more, with
priests available for the sacrament of reconciliation. All events are
Sundays, 5:30-9:00pm. The next event will take place on Oct. 25
at St. Luke Parish in Beavercreek with Archbishop
Schnurr as our principle celebrant. Another will take place in
Cincinnati on Jan. 31at Good Shepherd parish. Take
advantage of this opportunity to gather your youth with others in the
archdiocese to be invigorated in their faith and become the new
disciples of Christ. The events are free, so just go to our website for more information:
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin/CYN. 
Prepare your group
for NCYC 2009: Christ Reigns. The website is now up for you to get the latest information to help
you prepare for the next National Catholic Youth Conference in Kansas City (November
19-21, 2009) . Check our
website at www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin and click on the NCYC link on the center
of the page. There you fill find pricing information, registration materials, a
tentative schedule and more.
NET Ministries
is coming to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in the upcoming year.
NET Ministries is a retreat ministry that challenges young Catholics to
love Christ and embrace the life of the Church. The retreats, typically for
youth in grades 7-12, are high energy experiences using large group
presentations, small group discussion, music, drama, personal faith sharing,
one-on-one prayer, and the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist, given at
your parish or school. The goals of the retreat are to help young people
understand and accept God’s unconditional love for them, to offer the faith of
the team as a witness that faith in God is a desirable and exciting part of their lives, and to encourage young people to
grow in their commitment to Jesus Christ and the Church. To schedule a NET
retreat or to learn more about NET
retreats visit www.netusa.org
or contact John Popp at jpoppDRE@gmail.com.
Cross the Bridge for Life: Join thousands of
people Sunday, June 7th, 2-4 pm for the 4th annual Cross the Bridge for Life
across the Purple People Bridge to raise awareness for the sanctity of human
life.
A coalition of over 20 area pro-life groups organizes this celebration
for life--born and unborn.
Meet at the bell at 421 Monmouth St. (Cincinnati) for a brief program including Brian
Patrick, host of the Son Rise Morning Show, 740AM Sacred Heart Radio/EWTN; Rev. Arnold
Culbreath, Protecting Black Life; and Archdiocese of Cincinnati Coadjutor
Archbishop Dennis Schnurr.
Little Samantha Carlson, representing our Down Syndrome friends, will ring the
World Peace Bell. Due to generous sponsors, the event and all included is free, including event
t-shirts (appreciated donation $5.00 each).
The event will end back at the World Peace Bell with a picnic by JTM Food Group,
and music featuring The Lee Roessler Band (www.leeroesslerband.com).
All are welcome to participate in Cross the Bridge for Life--a day of family fun
and powerful prayer.
This is a positive, dedicated time to remember those who have lost their lives
to abortion, are grieving such a loss, and for the hearts and minds of those
currently involved in abortions. For more information, see
www.crossthebridgeforlife.com.
Good
Shepherd Ministries (www.GoodShepherdMinistries.net
) works to restore people’s lives with histories of incarceration,
drug and alcohol abuse. They’re in need of volunteers for two upcoming
events this summer…-
On Thursday, June 18, 2009, they’ll hold their annual banquet at St. Helen Parish in Dayton. They need volunteers to help with set-up, serving and end of evening break-down.
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On Thursday, August 27 and and Saturday, August 29 they need help with their annual yard sale. Set up on the 27th, pack up on the 29th.
Anyone interested in helping out
should contact Dale Nieberding at
dalenieberding@sbcglobal.net
or (937) 252-5700 X247.
The
Catholic Coalition on Climate Change: Want to learn more about Catholic
Teaching on environmental stewardship and what you can do to be a better
steward? Check out the
Catholic Coalition on Climate Change
website. Among the
many things you fill find on the website:-
Links to church documents and resources on environmental stewardship
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A list of simple things you can do at home, in your school or place of business and your parish.
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25 individual actions from the EPA that you can do to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution and increase the nation's energy independence.
- Information on how the U.S. Congress plays a key role in determining national responses to the challenge of global climate change.
Please check out this resource. You
can also order the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’
Faithful Stewards of God's
Creation: A Catholic Resource for Environmental Justice and Climate Change.
Young
Neighbors in Action Mission Trips: As you begin to make your final plans
for summer youth programming, there are still spots available at Young
Neighbors in Action.Some of the available 2009 locations include:
Chicago, IL - July 12-18 Detroit, MI - June 21-27
Check out the website at www.youngneighbors.org or you can go directly to our site navigator here which will give you the latest information on what is available. If this summer is not an option for you, but you are interested in information about the summer of 2010, email Pat at pat@cmdnet.org to get on their list to receive the latest information as it becomes available.
2010
Mission Trips with the Franciscans for the Poor are being scheduled now.
Groups who book before October 31, 2009 receive the $210 per person rate. Those
booking after 10/31/2009 are charged $220/week. Campus ministries and youth
groups are encouraged to travel to Cincinnati and experience an urban mission trip
with service to different sites each day. For more information, contact:
DirectorFranForThePoor@fuse.net
or contact Chris Lemmon, Program Director at Franciscans for the
Poor at 513-761-9040 ext. 110. It's not too early to plan for summer 2010!
Going
on a Mission Trip? Be Better Prepared. Cincinnati's own Mike Dailey
and Matt Kemper have teamed up with Glenmary Home Missioners for a short,
practical guide titled Preparing For Your Mission Trip Journey.
This short, easry-to-read guide provides assistance with educating your youth on
the purpose of a mission trip, reflection and journaling questions, suggestions
for returning home, a prayer service and much more. To order your $5 guides,
visit www.glenmary.org/mission-ed
or call 800-935-0975. ALSO, don't forget about the archdiocesan guide Learning Through Service, a document that provides practical suggestions for preparing service trips, legal and liability considerations and a list of other resources. It is available free by going to our homepage, click on the publications link on the left then Learning Through Service, or just use the direct link here.
Looking
for a new place for a retreat? You are cordially invited to an Open House
at the Tau Community House (formerly St. Clement Convent) 4523 Park Place,
St. Bernard, OH 45217. The open house will take place at two
different times, both on Sunday, June 7, 2009. You may come following
the 10:30 a.m. Mass until noon, or on the same day from 3:30-4:30
p.m. Light refreshments will be served. If you have never
seen it, or haven't seen the recent remodeling, come check it out, see the
changes to the Tau House and learn more about the Franciscans for the Poor
Volunteer Program as well. 
The
2nd Annual BBQ Cook-Off and Family Night will be hosted by the Little
Sisters of the Poor on Saturday, July 18 from 6 - 10 p.m. at 476
Riddle Road. Come enjoy an exciting night of live music, celebrity grillers,
raffles, silent auction items, kids' games, video games and much more. Buy
tickets for "A Little Taste of Heaven" at our food and beverage booths.
Special guest, Anthony Munoz, will be in attendance and music will be
provided by Cincinnati's premier Neil Diamond tribute band, "Forever
Diamond". It is sure to be a great event that you will not want to miss. For
more information contact the Little Sisters at
littlesistersbbq@yahoo.com or
(513) 281-8001 x180. 
“WOMEN
& SPIRIT: Catholic Sisters in America” is a traveling exhibit that reveals
the history of a group of independent American women who helped shape the
nation’s social and cultural landscape. The exhibit, that is later scheduled for
the Smithsonian, is now open at the Cincinnati Museum Center
and will be available until September 7. Information about local religious
communities will be included.Meet women who corresponded with President Thomas Jefferson, talked down bandits and roughnecks, lugged pianos into the wilderness, and provided the nation’s first health insurance to Midwestern loggers. Discover sisters’ courage during the Civil War, the Gold Rush, the San Francisco Earthquake, the Influenza Epidemic, the Civil Rights Movement, and Hurricane Katrina, and built the largest private school enterprise in the world.
Since school time is so limited, plan now for your students to see this amazing exhibit. Contact Violet Downey at the Museum Center (513-287-7021) for group rates and to schedule your session. Educational materials for grades K-12 are now available on the Women and Spirit website. Check out the brochure and more information now at www.womenandspirit.org/
Some Retreat
Announcements from the Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford: The Jesuit
Spiritual Center is offering
Personally Directed Retreats (June 19-26, July 10-17 and July 31-Aug 7), and a Thomas Merton Retreat
(July 10-12). Come
away to the beautiful grounds of the Jesuit Spiritual Center for a retreat that
fits both your schedule and your needs. For more information, or to register, call (513) 248-3500, ext. 10, or
visit www.jesuitspiritualcenter.com.
Enroll your teens in a Theology of the Body class: Young Catholics are
surrounded by influences that challenge their faith and morals every day. These
challenges call for more than a "do this, don't do that" approach to
catechesis. Using a great
mix of stories, real-life examples, activities, prayers and references to the
culture that teens understand, Theology of the Body for Teens answers the
questions teens have about their own bodies, issues on sexual morality, and how
they were uniquely created for greatness. Two sessions to choose from:
Session I: June 8-July 8, meets twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays, 1-3PM.
Session II: July 14-Aug 13, meets twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7-9PM.
For pricing and more information (and
to have a look at their adult offerings as well), check
out their upcoming schedule at
www.ruahwoods.org.
Festival of Praise:
The next Cincinnati area Festival of Praise will occur on June 27,
2009, 7:30-9:30pm, at St. Ignatius Parish (5222 North Bend Rd.,
Cincinnati, 45247). The Tri-State Eucharistic Festivals of Praise are
for people of ALL ages with the purpose of drawing Catholics into a
deeper personal relationship with our Eucharistic Lord, deepening their
desire to receive Him frequently in Holy Communion at Mass, and setting
people's hearts on fire for God and His Church so as to better be His
hands and feet in this world. There will be opportunities for
confession, and fellowship will follow. Our Lord is not far away, but
among us truly present in the Eucharist and wants to spend time with us
and wants us to know His love.
No registration and no cost. Please visit the webpage
www.EucharisticFOP.org for more information.
Festival of Faith:
Wise Fools and Happy Stewards: The
Jesuit Spiritual Center is hosting its second Festival of Faith August
3-5, featuring the Sparough Family Mission Team, which
includes Fr. Michael Sparough, SJ. Over the course of three
evenings, each from 7-9 pm, (with hamburgers, metts and bratts served 5-7
pm) the team will entertain the audience with dramatizations of
familiar gospel scenes and with spiritual analogies illustrated by
juggling, guided prayer, clowning, preaching and uplifting songs.
The Festival of Faithis for the whole family. It's designed to
challenge, delight and re-ignite the flame of God's love in our hearts.
For more information, or to register, call (513) 248-3500, ext. 10, or visit
jesuitspiritualcenter.com.
CREDO:
I Believe is a great way to kick off your youth ministry year. CREDO is a
Eucharist-centered retreat that gives young people an opportunity to grow in
their relationship to Christ and the Church, and encourages them to become
active in their parishes and in the programs of the Archdiocese. The weekend
includes Mass, adoration, sacraments, fellowship, music, prayer, reflection, and
talks by some fantastic speakers. This is an overnight retreat with the
possibility for local youth to go home for the night. Archbishop Dennis Schnurr
will be joining us on Saturday and celebrating the Mass. This high-energy
retreat will take place at Archbishop Moeller High School on September 25-27,
2009. Kick off your youth ministry year with gusto and get your youth
excited! Check out the website...
www.credoibelieve.org. 
Help build a bridge that may connect your seniors with faith in college.
As in past years, the Diocesan Directors of College Campus Ministry are attempting to identify the college destinations of all Catholic college-bound seniors in parishes in your diocese, so that campus ministers can communicate with new students when they arrive on campus (or even before), and invite them to make campus ministry part of their college life.
Seniors attending Catholic high schools will be contacted through their high school campus minister or religion teacher, but we hope to reach Catholic seniors graduating from public high schools as well. Youth ministers can help in one of three ways:
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Pass along the web address below to your public school graduating seniors to have them complete an information cards online to pass along to the appropriate college campus minister:
www.cdeducation.org/oym/cm/connection.htm - Download and duplicate a printable form of the card from the website above to give to your seniors. The paper "cards" can be returned directly to our office
- Wait for a hard copy of the card to arrive at parish offices, A card will arrive, with letter and directions, within a couple of weeks.
Thank you for all you do to
assist teens in their faith journey.
pray-as-you-go.org
Pray-as-you-go is a free daily prayer session designed for use on your
portable MP3 players, to help you pray while traveling to and from work,
study, etc. It is not a 'Thought for the Day', a sermon or a bible-study,
but rather a framework for your own prayer. Lasting between 10 and 13
minutes, it combines music, scripture and some questions for reflection.
The aim is to help you to-
become more aware of God's presence in your life
- listen to and reflect on God's word
- grow in your relationship with God.
It is produced by Jesuit Media
Initiatives, with material written by a number of British Jesuits and other
experts in the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Although the content
is different every day, it keeps the same basic format. Visit
pray-as-you-go.org
for more information and to get started today.
Need an easier way to
communicate with your teens or staff? Can't decide whether to send an e-mail,
textmessage or Facebook them? Check out
www.Flocknote.com, a free, new
Catholic website that could be perfect for your Catholic parish. Here's a brief
description of how the site works: Catholic group leaders simply create
"feeds" for every group that they lead. They can then post notes and documents
on this feed to share with their members. Then, group members subscribe to
the feeds and choose how they want to receive their notes-- by email, text
message, Facebook - or on the website itself. You can even attach documents that
group members can download - like newsletters, event flyers, permission slips,
etc. And the best part? It's 100% free - and 100% Catholic. So check
out the website and give it a try.
Twenty-Third
Publications is now partnering with PastoralPlanning.com to
provide resources for everyone working in Catholic Parish ministry. They have
resources specifically for parish priests, catechetical leaders, youth
ministers, RCIA teams, pastoral care staff, stewardship, Catholic Schools
ministry, Justice-making, Sacrament preparation, personal spirituality help and
many more areas. Go to
pastoralplanning.com and click on the ministry heading that interests
you. They also provide a new service where they ship you via e-mail a monthly
set of Prayer Guides for the Question of the Week. You get one Prayer Guide for
each week, with the readings, the Question, the format for prayer, and the
process for breaking open the Word. Very handy and inexpensive. Find more
information on that service at
store.pastoralplanning.com/quofwerere.html.
Summer Youth Employment Program
Providers 2009The SWORWIB (Southwest Ohio Regional Workforce Investment Board) has selected the following providers to undertake the delivery of youth services in the City of Cincinnati/Hamilton County for the summer of 2009. All programs include work readiness training and most offer subsidized employment.
1. Arbor (E&T) (www.superjobs.com) will provide summer employment for young adults ages 18-24, This program is divided into three components: Participant Training, Career Exploration-Employer Matching, and an eight-week work experience. Phone: (513) 731-9800
2. Easter Seals Work Resource Center (www.eastersealswrc.org) will provide summer employment for low-income youth between the ages of 14-24. Training will focus on work readiness and advancement skills, academic enrichment, career development and financial literacy. Phone: (513) 475-6791
3. Great Oaks (www.greatoaks.com) has a Freshman Challenge program that shows the relevance of academics to future progress and encourages relationship building between businesses, agencies, post-secondary institutions and school districts. Phone: (513) 771-8840
4. Urban League of Greater Cincinnati (www.gcul.org) will provide paid work readiness training for youth disengaged from the educational system (drop outs, pregnant/parenting teens, youth in the court system, or youth aging out of foster care). This program offers Customer Service Training and an industry recognized credential. Phone: (513) 281-4450
E-mails and addresses change quickly this day and age, and sometimes it is
difficult for us to keep up. Please go to our website at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin and click on the mailing list update
link on the bottom of the page. Please fill it out, hit
submit, and you're done! If you know anyone who is no longer receiving this
youth ministry e-zine but would like to, invite them to fill one out too. Return as often as you like,
whenever anything changes.
ABOUT THE E-News: The Youth Ministry E-News is a periodic on-line publication of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. The Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry frequently forwards information about church-related youth ministry events and opportunities as a service to the youth ministry leaders of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Forwarding information does not imply Archdiocesan endorsement, sponsorship or approval. For more details about youth ministry opportunities offered specifically by our office, check out our website at www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin.
Peace,
Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry
E-mail:
cintioym@catholiccincinnati.org